Posted on 09/15/2012 7:32:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Russell Simmons✔ @UncleRUSH
It would be illegal to yell fire in movie theater and it could be illegal to make hate film which was obviously designed to cause alarm?
15 Sep 12 Reply Retweet Favorite
Add Russell Simmons to the list of entertainment industry figures rethinking the meaning of freedom of speech in the wake of anti-American protests coinciding with the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Did we say anti-American? Never mind the burning flags; White House press secretary Jay Carney assured the nation that a single YouTube video is the sole target of Islamic rage. Plenty, including Bette Midler and Anthea Butler, are anxious to see the filmmakers jailed in order to appease the mobs.
Occupy Wall Street supporter Simmons, who grew his Def Jam record label by signing controversial acts such as the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy, is now thinking of the Islamic world as a crowded theater that needs policing. And with the feds interviewing Nakoula Basseley Nakoula and pressuring YouTube to review the video, it looks like Simmons might be close to finding a willing speech cop.
One complicating factor?
Russell Simmons✔ @UncleRUSH 15 Sep 12
It would be illegal to yell fire in movie theater and it could be illegal to make hate film which was obviously designed to cause alarm?
Reuben Harper@ReubenHarper
@UncleRUSH if that was about any other religion .... They're would be no violence
15 Sep 12 Reply Retweet Favorite
Who is the world is Russell Simmons?
You has Google?
Some multi-millionaire hip-hop/rap “music” producer and friend of Barack.
Right, La Lydia. I agree completely.
Will never see a debut...
Miz Cameron should get an attorney...
Or three...
The perp walk should be vrrry entertaining....
Just sayin'
Better go “arrest” Bill Maher then. Some have brought up that his anti-religion film, Religiosity, has some “negative” things to say about Islam.
So, following Russell’s logic, Def Jam Records could be shut down if someone car-bombed his office because they were offended by his product. Oh, and Russell himself would be arrested.
Because the government didn’t pay for it?
Correction: it’s Religulous.
Lemme see....
Russell Simmons produces rap artists (DEF JAM) whose lyrics are full of sexually explicit intentions, gross misogyny, and murderous hatred towards non-blacks, and especially contempt for all LEO's...
And he argues that this is all fine and good because of the First Amendment...
freedom of artistic expression etc... etc... etc...
... NOW....
He wants to criticize this poorly made youtube movie...
And restrict the rights and expressions of film-makers??
What an idiot...
Pardon the blunt assessment...
After giving this some thought..I agree.
And the movie that is to be released that shows Barack in his superman suit flying in to kill Osama should be scrapped. The one that is scheduled for release right before the election.
And Uncle Joe needs to quit shouting about Osama is dead...GM is alive.
/multiple sarcasm tags
Simmons would not be able to live in the world he thinks he wants to live in. Hip-hop would be banned.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Is that before or after his assets are seized?
...explained Russell Simmons, as he left the gallery where he had just admired the “Piss Christ” exhibit.
Cheers!
Snyder vs Phelps (2010) would seem to settle this issue in favor of the protection of even offensive speech. Leftist legal scholars still argue against this case and even the ACLU in wanting to ban “hate speech” as is done in Canada and the EU mostly. Of course, free speech is the first target of Marxists and Islamists.
That one's easy.
Because Christians have not started blowing up liberals, schools, schoolbuses, hospitals, airports, nightclubs, churches, etc., etc.,
Maybe we can apply that line of thinking to rap/hip hop music, videos etc.
Just to be “fair”.
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